Pontiffs have been players in global affairs for hundreds of years. Pope Francis carved out his own form of global influence.

Pope Francis’ message to Japan transcended religion; it spoke to the very heart of humanity. His calls for nuclear ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba released a statement on April 21 expressing condolences over the passing of Pope ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is testing a shipborne railgun under development by Ministry of Defense’s Acquisition, ...

The Hanford Site in Washington saw more than 400 billion gallons of contaminated liquid dumped into its ground during its use ...

Pope Francis had died at the age of 88, a senior Vatican official has announced. History's first Latin American pontiff ...

Wildfires also broke out in other Japanese regions on Monday. In the city of Goto, Nagasaki Prefecture, western Japan, a forest fire at one point was only about 100 meters from a residential area.

A medical helicopter crashed into the sea off the coast of Tsushima Island on Sunday, killing three of six people on board, including a patient being transported, the Japan Coast Guard said Monday.

Williams driver Carlos Sainz has been fined 20,000 euros for missing the national anthem before the Japanese Grand Prix. The FIA investigated Sainz for missing the anthem that occurs before the ...

No map. No smartphones. Just two motorbikes and some basic Japanese. These are the rules American game streamer Ludwig Ahgren and his buddy Michael Reeves have imposed on themselves as they embarked ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday "praised American-Japanese friendship and trust" while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal World War II ...